TUESDAY, MARCH 12, 1996
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
NEWS 864-4810
THE STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
ADVERTISING 864-4358
SECTION A VOL.102, NO.115
(USPS 650-640)
SPORTS
National champion
Senior Kristi Kloster placed first in the 800-meters at the NCAA indoor meet. Page 1B
CAMPUS
Debaters win tournament
The KU debate team has qualified for the National Debate Tournament. Page 5A
OPINION
Love is love in any form
Kansas law discriminates against gay couples that want to marry. Page 4A
NATION
Middle East support increases
Anti-terrorism summit should turn out the largest number of Arab leaders. Page 7A
WEATHER SUNNY
High 65° Low 38°
Weather: Page 2A.
INDEX
Opinion ... 4A
Nation/World ... 6A
Sports...1B
Scoreboard...2B
Horoscopes ... 4B
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Jamie Najim, Wichita sophomore, reads a book to children for Literacy Awareness Week. Events will be held throughout the week by the Students Tutoring for Literacy group.
Helping to raise literacy
KU students work to promote reading
By Scott MacWilliams Kansan staff writer
Jason Schreiner had Green Eggs and Ham and an audience.
Forty-four little wigglers from Hilltop Child Development Center listened as he read the Dr. Seuss classic in the lobby of the Kansas Union. But some knew Green Eggs and Ham by heart, chirping out the lines before Schreiner could turn the page.
Schreiner, Wakeeney sophomore, took part in the Read-Out group story-telling session as the opening event of Literacy Awareness Week yesterday morning. Amy Turnbull, Lawrence junior and coordinator for Concerned Active and Aware Students, introduced the readers and explained the mission of Students Tutoring for Literacy.
"Students Tutoring for Literacy wants to show students that getting involved in learning outside the classroom can be fun and contribute to positive change in the community." Turnbull said.
Jones said he already had seen positive results as some students started to turn in their homework in improved shape. Jones also said that after graduation he hoped to work as an intervention specialist with young teens in at-risk situations.
"I work in both the classroom setting and in small groups of two or three students," Jones said. "I chose Central because there are a lot of kids there from lower-income families, and I wanted to be a positive role model."
This role-model thing is all about self-
Daryl Jones, Wichita senior, said he began volunteer tutoring this semester and had been spending three hours, twice a week at Central Junior High School. 1400 Massachusetts St.
Many college students aren't aware that nearly one in three Americans is illiterate, and that it is easy to make a difference, she said.
Andy Rohrback/KANSAN
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education
Emily Heath, Oskaloosa sophomore and president of Students Tutoring for Literacy, said her group had about 80 to 90 student tutors working at 13 sites in Lawrence.
empowerment," Jones said. "These kids need to know they have choices to make."
"We tutor everyone from foreign women to elementary kids in science and math to adults in basic literacy skills," she said.
Todd Moore, Junction City senior and advisory board member for the Center for Community Outreach, said he had never participated in Students Tutoring for Literacy before yesterday's Read-Out.
Literacy Awareness Week is co-sponsored by the Center for Community Outreach, Concerned Active and Aware Students and Students Tutoring for Literacy.
Anyone interested in volunteering with Students Tutoring for Literacy can contact Emily Heath in the Center for Community Outreach at 864-3710.
"I had a lot of fun reading to the kids today," he said. "If I have time, I'd like to read more."
"I chose Central (Junior High) because...I wanted to be a positive role model."
Students Tutorina for Literacy volunteer
Daryl Jones
Literacy events include:
An information table and book drive from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. today through Thursday at the Kansas Union
Students Tutoring for Literacy training for new volunteers, 7 p.m. tomorrow at the Wainut Room in the Kansas Union
A panel discussion entitled, "How has being literate affected your life?" at 7 p.m. Thursday at the Walnut Room in the Kansas Union.
KU adds all but provost to plan
Last position to be filled after nationwide search
By Colleen McCain Kansan staff writer
Chancellor Robert Hemenway recently filled in the blanks on the University of Kansas' new administrative structure by adding names to the administrative skeleton outlined a month ago.
Hemenway announced all but one of the people who will serve in key roles in the reorganized administration, which will be implemented July 1. The position of provost — the University's chief academic and operating officer — will be filled later, following a national search
"I am pleased with the decisions we have made so far, but the real test of the new structure will come July 1 when it is put in place," Hemenway said. "Now we can include the people we have identified in the implementation process."
When the new structure is implemented, David Ambler, vice chancellor for student affairs, will be the only one of the University's four vice chancellors retain his position.
Ed Meyen's job of executive vice chancellor no longer will exist in the new structure, and Meyen will return to teaching. David Shulenburger's position of vice chancellor for academic affairs will be incorporated into the provost position. Shulenburger has said he will apply for provost.
And Andrew Debicki, vice chancellor for research, graduate studies and public service, will become dean of graduate and international studies in the new administration.
Howard Mossberg, director of research, graduate studies and public service, was named interim vice chancellor for research and public service. Debicki said he understood Hemenway's decision to move Mossberg to vice chancellor.
"My background is in the humanities, and the new vice chancellor position requires a level of technical expertise that I don't have," Debcik said. "The new job description sort of dictated the person you would have there."
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Mossberg will serve as vice chancellor for research and public service until July 1997 or until the position is filled following a national search.
Although Hemenway will not name a provost until a national search has been conducted, he did name Lindy Eakin, associate executive vice chancellor, to the position of associate provost for support services. He also named Katherine McCluskey-Fawcett, associate vice chancellor for academic affairs, to the position of associate provost for academic services.
Bill Crowe, dean of libraries, will fill the newly created position of vice chancellor for information services and dean of libraries.
Burg served as assistant to the chancellor under Hemenway for six years and has continued in that position since Hemenway's departure last spring from Kentucky.
Of the individuals appointed by Hemenway, only one does not work at the University of Kansas now. Mary Burg, who was named Hemenway's chief of staff, will come to KU from the University of Kentucky, where Hemenway previously served as chancellor.
"I know her capabilities, and I know that she is an excellent employee." Hemenway said of Burg.
Burg said she first spoke with Hemenway about the
Spring break no vacation for some KU students
See PROVOST, Page 2A
Like many students, Jennifer Haller, Omaha, Neb., senior, can't wait for spring break.
By Sarah Morrison Kansan staff writer
But unlike many students, Haller won't be partying and sipping margaritas on the beach. Instead, she will spend her break in impoverished, rural Mexican communities distributing food and clothing to the
needy.
Haller is one of a growing number of students who decided to dedicate their spring breaks to volunteer service.
There are three programs in Lawrence that offer students the opportunity to travel inexpensively to different towns and cities in exchange for community service: The St. Lawrence Catholic Center Spring Break Alternative Program, the Ecumenical Christian Ministries Alternative Spring Break, and HDFL 337 Community Service, a course in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.
Haller has participated in the St. Lawrence program the past two years.
"I look at it as an opportunity to experience another culture and, at the same time, give of myself and sacrifice a little fun on the beach to help others," she said. "There are so many things we take for granted everyday that are big issues to people in other areas, like running water. To them it's a big issue."
Eric J. Reid, Dodge City freshman, enrolled in HDFL 337 because he didn't have time for volunteer work during the semester, and because he wanted to get involved with community service when he had a break from classes.
He will spend his spring break in Cape Charles, Va., helping to renovate run-down housing for low-income people.
The cost is $100 and includes travel, food and lodging expenses, but the trips only are open to students already enrolled in HDFL 337.
Other groups from the 30-member class will travel to El Paso, Texas; Ft. Collins, Colo.; and Washington, D.C., to perform volunteer work with AIDS patients, the homeless, and environmental projects. The students will spend time before and after their trips researching the different communities to which they will travel.
"I don't really look at it as a sacrifice," Reid said. "It sounded like an exotic spring break. I think we are going to get at least as much out of it as we put into it."
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The St. Lawrence Catholic Center.
1631 Crescent Road, offers eight trips to locations in the United States and Mexico. Trip costs range from $150-$180 and include travel, food and lodging expenses.
The program at Ecumenical Christian Ministries, 1204 Oread, offers trips to New York, New Mexico and Mexico. No space is available for the Mexico and New York trips. The New Mexico trips cost $260 to Santa Fe and $220 to northern New Mexico and include travel, lodging, and food expenses.
For more information contact Jennifer Bagby at the St. Lawrence Catholic Center at 843-0357 and Thad Holcombe at Ecumenical Christian Ministries at 843-4933.